Comments on: How to Roast a Turkey http://www.home-ec101.com/lets-talk-turkey/ Real skills for real people with real lives. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:36:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Happy Thanksgiving From The Home Ec 101 Crew! http://www.home-ec101.com/lets-talk-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-7078 Happy Thanksgiving From The Home Ec 101 Crew! Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:31:25 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=120#comment-7078 [...] you’re having trouble cooking your turkey, check this post out. If you’re needing gravy advice, check this post out. If your turkey hasn’t thawed and [...] [...] you’re having trouble cooking your turkey, check this post out. If you’re needing gravy advice, check this post out. If your turkey hasn’t thawed and [...]

]]> By: Margo http://www.home-ec101.com/lets-talk-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Margo Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:43:24 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=120#comment-218 Oooh, I'm not a big meat eater, but a deep fried turkey is oh so good. My dad fries one every Thanksgiving. Now I have a recipe all my own. Thanks Heather! Oooh, I’m not a big meat eater, but a deep fried turkey is oh so good. My dad fries one every Thanksgiving. Now I have a recipe all my own. Thanks Heather!

]]> By: Heather http://www.home-ec101.com/lets-talk-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Heather Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:37:01 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=120#comment-217 Rachel, the upside down method will definitely give a tender breast. Personally, I find it feels more like stewed than roasted meat, just my personal quirk. I so love a nicely browned bird. Rachel, the upside down method will definitely give a tender breast. Personally, I find it feels more like stewed than roasted meat, just my personal quirk. I so love a nicely browned bird.

]]> By: Busy Mom http://www.home-ec101.com/lets-talk-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Busy Mom Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:24:19 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=120#comment-215 That is hilarious! I just got my work-issued turkey out of the freezer yesterday! That is hilarious! I just got my work-issued turkey out of the freezer yesterday!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.home-ec101.com/lets-talk-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Rachel Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:10:13 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=120#comment-214 The husband accidentally cooked one upside down in one of those turkey bags, and it turned out very tender! You ladies would be proud of me - I managed to make a decent gravy on the fly afterward using only vaguely remembered details from watching my mama. The husband accidentally cooked one upside down in one of those turkey bags, and it turned out very tender! You ladies would be proud of me – I managed to make a decent gravy on the fly afterward using only vaguely remembered details from watching my mama.

]]> By: Tuesday http://www.home-ec101.com/lets-talk-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Tuesday Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:14:50 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=120#comment-212 This is almost exactly how I cook my bird. Sigh, now I want turkey. This is almost exactly how I cook my bird. Sigh, now I want turkey.

]]> By: Heather http://www.home-ec101.com/lets-talk-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Heather Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:11:17 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=120#comment-210 Alton Brown is the only reason I wish I had cable. Alton Brown is the only reason I wish I had cable.

]]> By: imabug http://www.home-ec101.com/lets-talk-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-209 imabug Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:05:54 +0000 http://www.home-ec101.com/?p=120#comment-209 I do the additional step of brining my bird (from Alton Brown's Romancing the Bird Good Eats episode, http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_8389,00.html) overnight before roasting. I've been doing it for the past 5 years or so and getting rave reviews at each occasion. The brining helps add some additional flavour to the bird and helps it stay a little juicier, although as long as you cook it to the proper temp, you should always end up with a reasonably juicy and tasty turkey. An invaluable tool for any kind of roasting is a probe thermometer. I don't roast anything without one anymore. I do the additional step of brining my bird (from Alton Brown’s Romancing the Bird Good Eats episode, http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_8389,00.html) overnight before roasting. I’ve been doing it for the past 5 years or so and getting rave reviews at each occasion. The brining helps add some additional flavour to the bird and helps it stay a little juicier, although as long as you cook it to the proper temp, you should always end up with a reasonably juicy and tasty turkey.

An invaluable tool for any kind of roasting is a probe thermometer. I don’t roast anything without one anymore.

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